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Naha

American  
[nah-hah] / ˈnɑ hɑ /

noun

  1. a port on SW Okinawa, in S Japan.


Naha British  
/ ˈnɑːhə /

noun

  1. a port in S Japan, on the SW coast of Okinawa Island: chief city of the Ryukyu Islands. Pop: 303 146 (2002 est)

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Flights to and from Okinawa's main airport - Naha International Airport - were cancelled as it closed on Friday as the storm arrived.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

On Okinawa, Koki Ohama said his water sports and barbeque business in the major city of Naha would suffer from the storm.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

“That’s fantastic,” said Roberts, who was born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Curious to see the effect of all that Americanness, I drove north from Naha to Makiminato, a place once dominated by American bases, off-base housing and base-adjacent businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

Naha ke aa o ka upena, Broken are the meshes of the net Ka hala i ka ulua.

From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Charles Nordhoff

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